Definition of swallow

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Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.

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Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Hirundine :: Hirundine (a.) Like or pertaining to the swallows.
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
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